Alternative to Timeouts

[Codein]

This applies to mobile devices?

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Codein

This applies to mobile devices?

This for an iPhone server? A loop is still a loop. An infinite loop is still going to be intensive on the processor whether it's a timeout or waitfor.

[Codein]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

This for an iPhone server? A loop is still a loop. An infinite loop is still going to be intensive on the processor whether it's a timeout or waitfor.

I mean this in the least rudest way possible but that's obvious and I know this. What I REALLY want is to most efficient way to use the game loop. There are certain things that do not need to be on the server yet do need to be constantly moving.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Codein

I mean this in the least rudest way possible but that's obvious and I know this. What I REALLY want is to most efficient way to use the game loop. There are certain things that do not need to be on the server yet do need to be constantly moving.

Aye, and what I'm saying is if you want something constantly moving on the clientside you're probably not going to get it, even with the most efficient method... a loop is still a loop. Even with relying almost all on default, Classic iPhone still runs pretty bad with so many players. Adding anything more is just going to murder the processor.

[Codein]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Aye, and what I'm saying is if you want something constantly moving on the clientside you're probably not going to get it, even with the most efficient method... a loop is still a loop. Even with relying almost all on default, Classic iPhone still runs pretty bad with so many players. Adding anything more is just going to murder the processor.

The entire game is running inside a loop. What I'm looking for is a way to use that loop. An event would be handy, such as 'onGameLoop' or something. That way there would be no need to use timeouts at all, or any seperate loop. It'd just be part of the core loop.

Maybe this should now be a Future Improvement request? I'm still looking for someone to shoot me down with "You're completely wrong, timeouts are essentially this 'register a hook with the game loop'".